Keeping things simple, the Gobi gets on with the job at hand: looking good, feeling great and letting your feet do their thing. The Gobi desert boot is a styling classic with the perfect balance of fashion and function; the clean lines, simple, minimal lacing and desert dusted supple leather.

Enjoy natural motion control by allowing your big toe to engage with the ground, helping with natural motion control and balance. The Gobi is built with your foot in mind; the toe box is nice and wide and the sole is extra flexible, giving your feet the freedom they need. Let your brain meet your feet and your feet meet Gobi: the original barefoot desert boot.

Business lunches and coffee breaks.

Skipping the bus and travelling on foot.

Globetrotting and city hopping

Catching up with an old friend.

Upper material

Brushed Leather

Upper description

V Leather upper gives a premium appearance appropriate for work and play.

Gobi II Leather Mens - My shoes took much longer than estimated to arrive, due to miscommunication between DPD and Vivobarefoot's warehouse and I wasn't offered any compensation apart from my postage and packaging being paid. Just two weeks into wearing the shoes, the laces of my left shoe broke when I was doing them up. For a pair of shoes that cost me roughly £130, I expected a higher quality in all aspects of the product. It is obvious that Vivobarefoot are taking shortcuts in quality, yet maintaining such an extortionate price for their products. I shall buy some more reliable laces and I am in two minds as to whether I want to buy from Vivobarefoot again.Is the sale of faulty products a regular occurance?

5 stars28 February 2015

Gobi II Perforated Suede Mens - They're amazing shoes, confortable, sweet, very smart. I take 44 even if I choose 45 in other. Now, when I take others shoes, I feel me so skimpy, but with the vivo, it's a real pleasure, to walk, run, climb. Thank you Vivo.

4 stars28 February 2015

Gobi II Perforated Suede Mens - good

5 stars27 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - The sole seems thicker and the ground feel more muted, than the original Gobi shoes. Hopefully, this translates to a longer life.

5 stars27 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - My whole family wears Vivobarefoot shoes because the barefoot experience is what we prefer. The wide toe box and zero drop keeps our feet happy, comfortable and healthy, from the larger sizes (14 extra wide) to the smallest (Women's 9). The only complaint is that the larger size styles like Gobis 14s are not tall enough at the arch to fit my son's foot, so keep making a variety of styles for us all. Having comfortable yet formal shoes is a necessity.

Gobi II Suede Mens - Comfortable and inobtrusive - it doesn't scream "minimalist" like a lot of similar shoes do.

4 stars27 February 2015

Gobi II Perforated Suede Mens - Good so far, appear well made but will need more time to see how durable the shoes are

5 stars27 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - It was quick and easy.

5 stars26 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - 6th or 7th pair of Vivos. I get so many dates, rabid dogs never attack me, and my feet are super happy

4 stars26 February 2015

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - I really like my vivo shoes, I own 2 pair. The low rider leathers are great, but showing lts of wear at the seams (leather seal and sticitching is wearing out) in just over a year or so.

The Gobi II is a beautiful shoe. However, the little tab on the back of the shoe that is used as a shoe horn to tug on the shoe is constructed very poorly. I have worn the shoes less than 10 times and I have managed to BREAK the leather tab by beginning to put the Gobi on my foot and pulling the tab to secure the shoe on my foot. This is really upsetting. I would like to see this tab setup to be stronger. I understand the trade off with a low-profile shoe and strength, but I think this compromise can be engineered for better strength.

Anyway, please keep up the good work. I do really like your shoes and I hope this feedback is constructive.

5 stars26 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - I get so many comments on my blue suede shoes. I'm a walking advertisement for the style and the function of barefoot shoes.

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Great boot! It does exactly what it is meant to. Where it to work everyday. My only complaint is that they are a little tight in the toe area and across the top of the foot. Seems to be from the height of the toe box, maybe. Other than that its a great boot.

Gobi II Leather Mens - They look fine but they're bigger than the other pair I ordered.

1 stars04 February 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Was excited about this shoe but never arrived due to overselling.

4 stars04 February 2015

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - The quality of the shoe is much better then the other desert boots which I think are poor for the price.

4 stars04 February 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - They are comfortable and appear well made and durable. However they are not uniformly colored, an issue I have emailed customer service about but gotten no response as of yet (2/3/2015)

5 stars03 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - Great

5 stars01 February 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - I have returned a pair of shoes because they didn't fit.
I would like to suggest something. You can measure the shoes so there would be no problem with the sizes. The whole thing with the other companies shoes and how they will fit didn't help me that much.
Since every shoe has a different fitting, it would be easier to measure them in cm so we could measure our feet and order the right size.
Besides that, everything was great.

5 stars30 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - My son loves them!

4 stars30 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - I really like them and am considering buying another pair, but the tabs ostensibly for assisting putting on the shoes should be removed. My trousers are constantly hanging up on them.

5 stars29 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - Excellent

5 stars29 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - awesome

5 stars28 January 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - Love The shoes

2 stars28 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - shoes simply not well designed or comfortable .. the tongue is too short and cuts into ankle and where the shoe creases when walking is not comfortable either ..

4 stars27 January 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - I really liked the shoes that I got. The only issue that I have is that the right shoelace started to tear promptly after I got the shoes.

5 stars26 January 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - Love these shoes!

5 stars26 January 2015

Gobi II Suede Mens - Extremely comfortable as I've come to expect from Vivo. Well constructed and durable. Only comment I would make is that scuff marks tend to show up easily on the sides of the soles.

5 stars26 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - 100% addapted to this SHOD society.. social accepted. I hope you still sell them when I need another pair. I had to take 1 size higher then normal.. 45 instead of my normal 44.

5 stars25 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - Fantastic shoes that fit my feet and do everything they should. I love the Gobi.

Gobi II Leather Mens - The shoes are comfortable. I have ordered several pairs. At times, the customer service and ordering process have been slow and difficult to reach but this has improved recently.

5 stars20 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - Very good, quick. Inventory has been a problem in the past, but I cannot recommend the shoes highly enough.

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - It's terribly difficult to do returns and exchanges. We considered not purchasing again due to the difficulty of returning or exchanging.

5 stars16 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - My Gobi's are comfortable. It took a few weeks to break them in. The only comment I hav is the one show the leather wrinkled in the break in and the other did not wrinkle. They look like to different shoe. But, that is the nature of leather, right.

Happy customer overall. I recommend your shoes to a lot of friends and strangers.

5 stars16 January 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Great shoes so far!

4 stars14 January 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Not quite winterproof, even with warm wool socks, but better than any other barefoot shoe I tried. Only wish they had a natural arch like Vibrams.

5 stars13 January 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - How did I ever survive winter without these?

5 stars12 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - very good

2 stars09 January 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - I've been using ra's for some years now. Many different models. I have to say that the winter proof ra's, in my case, squeeze my forefeet too much. I believe because of the thickness of the new winter insoles. They were returned.
I also ended up returning the winter proof gobi's for the same reason. Also these didn't seem to be made symmetrically and my left foot felt very different in them from the right. This was confirmed by inspecting them side by side.
I ended up buying some men's scott's. These also have the same insole, but probably because the forefoot section is made out of leather instead of fabric it is able to stretch and make my feet comfortable.
I think it's too bad you stopped stitching the soles to the shoe as you did with gobi I. In fact the picture you show on the website for the scott boots does show the stitching, contrary to what the boots I got actually have.
This will be a problem as the sole will start to unglue itself (as it did with all my kids gobi boots and shoes).

5 stars08 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - very comfortable light & soft a joy to wear

5 stars07 January 2015

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - It was a present to my son who loves the shoes.

2 stars06 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - The leather has some stains on it when I opened the shoes.

5 stars05 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - Very wearables!

5 stars03 January 2015

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - A great shoe for the current nasty winter weather...

5 stars03 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - Excellent customer service

4 stars01 January 2015

Gobi II Leather Mens - So far good, however they have developed cease lines faster than I expected.

Gobi II Leather Mens - Very attractive shoe with that great barefoot feeling.

5 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - As Above

4 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - The laces appear as if they will wear and break easily and the quality of the leather and the treatment of it could be better

4 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - I have the brown ones bought a couple of years ago - these fit fine, but they don't have the lovely wide toe box that you used to speak proudly about. Shame - just not as lovely.

5 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - excellent

4 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Good

4 stars23 December 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - Only one appreciation: I'm still waiting an answer about the courier company and my tracking number... I sent 2 mails and I have no news yet!

5 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - The shoes are fantastic. My third pair of Gobies

5 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Bought a pair of Gobi II Hopewell's in an effort to smarten my appearance up whilst still keeping a zero drop shoe. Before all I could wear were trainers but now I really look swish out n about and up the pub! Great quality Great look Great fit & Great Great comfort, would totally recommend!!

Gobi II Suede Mens - Without over-praising Vivobarefoot, they are as near the perfect shoe as one can get.
I wish they had happened a generation ago. Our children are growing up as vivoists, and will not have the damage I have sustained, even though they have wide feet.

5 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Really great shoes!

4 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - I like the shoes a lot, the leather is very nice quality and fit and finish is great. I have one complaint and its the width... The toe box is huge and flairs out like a clown shoe. They actually look a bit like clown shoes. I know part of the barefoot idea is to have a wide toe box so there's room for the toes but the shoes look silly. It doesn't matter how "proper" the shoe is if it looks dumb. If I didn't care about what my shoes look like, I'd wear my vibrams everywhere :)

4 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - These are excellent and fit well. They are very comfortable. A couple quibbles however:
1. The soles are thicker and stiffer than all the other shoes I've gotten from Vivo. I hope you are not caving and making the bottoms thicker on your newer shoes. I like the feel of the original Ra and Dharma (I have had many pairs of your shoes).
2. They are "a bit too blue". I knew I was getting blue shoes, but the color turned out to be a lighter blue than expected; on the website they look darker and more subdued.

4 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - The work shoes are excellent, the running shoes are splitting at the toe joints a little
I have returned the Gobi II Winterproof Mens and ordered the Scotts boots, waiting for both the reimbursement of the first and the delivery of the second. Cheers

5 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Thanks

5 stars22 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - I would say excellent, but there was a bug in the checkout process which prevented me using a US billing address with a UK delivery address (despite entering a valid US state, the checkout process failed due to a missing value in the state field - it did not retain the entered value). Luckily I was able to use a UK card to complete the transaction, but this was not ideal.

4 stars19 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Love the shoe and use them for work, I'm a resaurant manager and I'm on my feet all day long and find them to be really comfortable, the only feedback I'll give is your feet sweat heavily in them as they don't seem to be very breathable. Maybe this can be improved on the next line.

4 stars14 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - The product is awesome, but you still need to fix the shoelaces which are easy to worn out.

5 stars12 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - I like the product very much. If the adhesive upper to sole holds at the toe joint I'll be changing over to Vivo completely.

5 stars12 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Good

1 stars10 December 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - The shoes are very comfortable and I've worn them for a couple of days because I wanted to try them, but the color is hideous and doesn't match what's shown on the site. I wish I could exchange them for a different color, would that be possible even after having worn them?

4 stars09 December 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Lovely leather and great comfy feel with the shoes on.
Only concern is with durability, the string that threads around the sole not sure how man this is for the job and seems to fraying already?
KR

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - I bought these shoes to help me improve my Mortons Neuroma - pinching of the nerve in my foot and they have helped enormously to alleviate the problem, so I am
delighted. My previous shoes were causing the problem. What I like about these Barefoot shoes is that they are light, flexible and give me room for my foot to move within the shoe and not be over-supported or compressed.

5 stars08 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Not often I find a pair of shoes that fit my feet. I've no complaints. Very happy.

5 stars06 December 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Soo comfortable! Hope the last a long time.

5 stars04 December 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Once I ordered one size down it fit well. I can't wait for it to start snowing so I can feel the snow without frozen feet.

4 stars01 December 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - I like them. I wish they were a bit "dressier" somehow, maybe that isn't really possible.

4 stars30 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Warm, even in snow. I have to wear them with thin wool socks or else they make my feet sweaty. I can't go back to shoes with thick, stiff soles after this.

5 stars30 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Awesome shoes. I really like the fit and the materials. Thanks for making them. I don't really like the laces. the plastic tip popped off and the style doesnt match the shoe very well. I have been looking for a lace similar to the Gobi Suede, but in a brown color, if you guys could let me know what brand that is, it would be great. surprisingly hard to find a decent shoe lace.

4 stars28 November 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - I haven't had them long. I hope they hold up well.

5 stars27 November 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - I ordered the new Gobi in black. I was a little disappointed at first that they had changed the leather - the old style was a lovely matt nubuck finish and this is shiny black leather. However, over a few weeks, the new leather has shown itself to be both extremely comfortable and more durable that the previous version. Earlier models of both the Ra and the Gobi that I have bought have had a problem with the 'rand' separating from the leather. Something one has put up with to own an otherwise faultless pair of the most comfortable shoes in the world. For this model Vivo seem to have overcome this problem and so far there is no sign of this whatsoever. The leather seems a heavier weight and more durable. Ok, so to sum up: I really, really really love Vivo's shoes, especially their lifestyle shoes. I will probably never buy any other brand!

4 stars26 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - A little slippery in wet conditions, still to be tested when really cold.

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - I do not consider this to be a winter shoe as it does not really work well thermally. I have not had the chance to test it in the rain yet. Also sometimes the sole makes a rubbery flopping sound when walking normally

5 stars23 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Wish there were more styles! Love the Gobi 2. 7.5s were tough to find outside of website.

5 stars22 November 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - My husband is in LOVE with these. He's so excited to be able to look fully professional when necessary, but stay comfortable.

5 stars21 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - great products and now quick and accurate order fulfillment. but website needs work -- often get promotions for items already fully sold out, etc.

5 stars21 November 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Well made. Quality product.

5 stars20 November 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - Great shoes it was my second pair!

4 stars20 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Although I like my shoes *now*, for the first two weeks, the tops of the shoes had been pressing on the tops of my feet very painfully. Walking for more than 30 minutes wasn't fun. I imagine that this is to be expected with leather products but I initially thought that the shoes I'd ordered were too small. Now that the shoes have worn in, though, I love them.

It would be good if you could consider this in any product descriptions ot potentially work out a way of softening the leather?

2 stars19 November 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Glue separating after 1 week of wear.

2 stars19 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - The left shoe gets wet inside around the big toe when walking in rain.

4 stars19 November 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - I would not call these shoes "stylish"

5 stars17 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Confortable

5 stars16 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Just fantastic shoes.

5 stars14 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Love them

4 stars11 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Mostly excellent. 3 years ago I was told by an NHS specialist to give up my job, to avoid walking and cycling and to avoid carrying my young children due to a running injury. These shoes have helped enormously, with Pilates and osteo, in a much more satisfactory recovery. I am fitter than I have been for 15 years (I'm 43), cycle, walk and still work on my feet all day. And carry my now much heavier children around. So v happy with Vivobarefoot. My only grumble is they don't always last v long, though they are getting better. I love these Gobi II Hopewell - the leather looks great. The tape around the sides is coming adrift already on the right shoe.

4 stars07 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Well, but I think it might keep more foot temperature, could be warmer.

5 stars05 November 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Don't want to spend time writing reviews.

5 stars04 November 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - my third pair of Vivobarefoot shoes. needed a winter shoe, so far so good. only wish i could afford to buy a few more differant types of your shoes to complete my other regular routines (indoor sports and hiking).

4 stars03 November 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - A couple of finishing details are not perfect... Stitching not glued down at finish / a couple of missing stitches, fixable by user.
Amazingly comfortable and should last for years. Never wear anything else. Brilliant footwear

5 stars30 October 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Perfect

4 stars29 October 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - It does not seems very durable , after less than a month their is some significant sign damage....shame really

5 stars26 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Best!

4 stars22 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - A bit over priced

5 stars21 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Excellent product

5 stars20 October 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Great products, keep it up!

5 stars18 October 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Expres delivery

1 stars17 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - Because of the stitching- otherwise good product

2 stars17 October 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - the pair I got was almost falling apart only after 2-3 weeks in use.

4 stars15 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - A bit lighter in color than i expected

4 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Leather Mens - Great shoes, and nice, maybe a bit too round at the front and some bad stitching.

5 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - Love them, warm and cosy. Great quality!

5 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Winterproof Mens - To me : amazing ,it fit perfectly and the design issue great !
I soule say One of the best I ever had the âme for the Lisbon.

4 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Suede Mens - Very fast service.

4 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - As Above

5 stars06 October 2014

Gobi II Hopewell Mens - These were for my Dad, I hope he enjoys them as much as I do. Life changing for my flat feet, a lot of pain gone in a couple of weeks!

Gobi II Perforated Suede Mens - If you would have used organic / organically tanned leather I would be even more euphoric! I love the shoes from Bobux and buy them for my child but I consider your shoes better from an physiological view.

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